41.   The aging monarch rarely ventures from his secluded villa on the outskirts of Rome.

42.   With a cease-fire between government troops and militiamen apparently holding and residents finally venturing from their homes, France said it planned to end its rescue mission Sunday.

43.   Young women who venture from the protective environment of traditional rural families are most vulnerable to the perils of the big city.

44.   African peacekeeping troops patrolled Monrovia Monday while residents ventured out from their shelters to find a town reduced to ruins by a week of bloodletting, anarchy and looting.

45.   But most of the fugitives have not ventured out from their shelters in more than a month, sure that only death awaits them on the streets.

46.   Cars do not venture from one side to the other and people fear to be seen in one side reading a newspaper from the other side.